Garter



Sept. 22, 1931. J H BROUSSEAU 1,824,008

GARTER Filed Feb. 15, 1950 Patented Sept. 22, 1931 JOHN H. snoussnau, on nnw remnjn. Y..

GAR'rnn Application filed February 15, 1es0.fj',seria1 no. 428,689.

My invention relates to the class of devices commonly used to support a stocking or sock, and an object of my invention,

among others, is the production of a garter that may be adapted to hold a stocking or a sock by extending the garter its full length and attaching its upper end to an article of wearing apparel, or by wrapping it around the leg.

One form of a garter embodying my in vention, and in the construction and use of which the ObjbCtS herein set out, as well as others, may be attained, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which 1;; Figure l is a face view of a garter embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a view in section, scale enlarged, with the central portion broken away and on the dotted line 2-2 of Figao ure 1.

Figure 3 is a view on'reduced scale illustrating different ways of using the garter in its extended form, as for holding a'stocking.

Figure 4 is a similar view illustrating the use of the garter by wrapping it around the leg to support a sock.

Figure 5 is a view, scale enlarged, as compared with Figures 3 and 1, showing a manso ner of use with a stud inserted through an eyelet and engaged by a loop.

In the accompanying drawings the numeral 5 indicates a strap comprising the body of my improved garter and that may be formed of knitted or woven fabric or similar material. This strap has a loop 6 secured at one end, through which loop the end of the strap may be passed, whlch end may be secured to the strapas by means of so a buckle 7, of ordinary construction. The loop also is formed with an eyei8 and a clasp 9 is pivotally mounted on the eye. This clasp is of the ordinary form common to structures of this class and embodies a if; key hole opening comprising the tapered portion 10 and the enlarged part 11, the latter adapted to receive the head of a stud. 12 secured at the end of a tab 1,vwhi'ch tab is also secured to and depends from the eye 8. As before remarked, the clasp 9 and tab andstud are of ordinary form and construction, but the device as a whole is new in that-it embodies the eye 8 at the end of the clasp; A. pea 145 neferably of fabric is securedat theen'd o: tllest-rap 5 opposite-the loop 6', and aneye15pre'f'erably of metal is mounted'insaidpad, A clasp/T16 similar to the clasp-9 ispivotally mounted on the eye 15 and cooperates with a tab 17 having astud 18in t-liesame manner as that of the tab 13 and clasp 9.

The holes 19 of the eyes Sand 15 are of suchsize that the studs 12 or 18 may be passed into said holes and be held therein by a clasp 9 or 16 appurtenant to the stud inserted through a hole.

The pivotal connection herein describedenables the strap or body 5 to be located at an angle to the clasp projecting from its end, and this permits the garter to be wrapped aroundthe leg, as shown in Fig. 4, the end of the garter opposite to that secured to the sock 20 being attached to the clasp 16 by inserting the stud 12 through the hole in the eye 15.

The garter may be used in its extended form, and as shown in Figure 3, by attaching either end in an ordinary manner to a stocking 21, and by attaching the opposite end of the garter in the same manner to an article 22-of wearing apparel. As an alternative manner of use, an eyelet 23 may be fixed in an article of wearing apparel, as a corset 24, and one of the studs 12 or 18 may be inserted through such eyelet and engaged by a clasp 9 or 16 as shown in Figure 3, the engagement of the stud and clasp in tl is latter instance being the same as hereinbefore described with respect to the manner of use.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, I have described the prinvice shown is only illustrative, and that the invention may be carried out by other means and applied to uses other than those above set out.

' I claim 7 w 1. A garter comprising a strap, a garment clasp at each end of the strap, each clasp including a garment securing member and means for directly attaching one of said claspsto the clasp at the opposite end of the strap by the use of said garment securing member.

2. A garter comprising a strap, a garment clasp at each ,end of the strap, each clasp comprising a keyhole slot anda stud to engage said slot, and means for pivotally at- F taching one of said clasps to the strap to swing in a plane parallel With the plane of .the face of the strap.

3. A garter comprising a strap, a garment clasp at each end of the strap, each clasp comprising a key-hole slot and an engaging stud therefor, a tab carrying stud having an eye extending therethrough, and a tab secured by said stud, said eye being adapted to receive the stud from the opposite end of the strap.

JOHN H. BROUSSEAU. 

